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    A crag is a high, very steep mass of rough rock — not a , not a smooth cliff you might walk along, but a torn, sticking-out place of stone, the kind a goat might stand on, or a castle might use as a wall against enemies. The word paints a wild picture: sharp, high, a little dangerous, with little soil and a long drop.

    A crag危岩 is是 a high, very steep mass of rough rock一大塊高聳、非常陡峭的粗糙岩石 not a pebble不是小石子 not a smooth cliff you might walk along也不是你可以沿著走的平滑懸崖 but a torn, sticking-out place of stone而是突起、崎嶇的岩石地 the kind a goat might stand on可能是山羊會站上去的那種 or a castle might use as a wall against enemies或城堡拿來當作防禦敵人的牆 The word paints a wild picture這個詞描繪出一幅荒野的景象 sharp, high, a little dangerous尖銳、高聳、有點危險 with little soil土壤很少 and a long drop而且落差很大

    Walkers, , and story-writers like it because you can see it at once. It is a thing-word, a little literary in everyday city talk, completely at home in hills and coasts.

    Walkers, climbers, and story-writers健行者、攀岩者和寫故事的人 like it都喜歡這個詞 because you can see it at once因為一看就能想像出畫面 It is它是 a thing-word一個名詞 a little literary in everyday city talk在日常城市對話裡有點文藝 completely at home in hills and coasts但在山區和海岸邊卻很自然

    It is not a thin break in a surface (that is a crack), and it is not the man’s name Craig, even though that name comes from the same old rock-word in .

    It is not它不是 a thin break in a surface表面上的一條細裂縫 that is a crack那是crack and it is not也不是 the man's name Craig人名Craig even though that name comes from即使那個名字來自 the same old rock-word in Gaelic蓋爾語裡同一個古老的岩石詞

    English took it in the Middle Ages from a Middle Irish word for a rock. Some people have linked it, further back, to a very old word for “stone” or “hard”; that last step is only a maybe, and you do not need it to use crag.

    in the Middle Ages在中世紀 English英文 took it借用了這個字 from a Middle Irish word for a rock源自一個中古愛爾蘭語裡指岩石的詞 Some people有些人 have linked it further back還進一步把它連結到 to a very old word for stone or hard一個意思是石頭或堅硬的更古老的詞 that last step但這最後一步 is only a maybe只是一種猜測 and you do not need it而你不需要知道這個 to use crag也能使用crag這個字

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

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組成From Middle English crag, from Middle Irish crec (a shorter form of carrac, “rock”). Related Irish and Scottish Gaelic words still mean a rocky place. A further link to an old word for “stone, hard” is possible, not certain.

同家族的字

  • craggycrag + -y: full of crags, or (of a face) rough and rocky-looking

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Cragname

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    dicegamesA dice game similar to Yahtzee.

cragnoun詞源 1/ˈkɹæɡ/

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    A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep cliff or rock.

    • "Have, then, thy wish!"—he whistled shrill, / And he was answered from the hill; / Wild as the scream of the curlieu, / From crag to crag the signal flew.
    • Break, break, break, / At the foot of thy crags, O Sea! / But the tender grace of a day that is dead / Will never come back to me.
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    A rough, broken fragment of rock.

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    geographygeologynatural-sciencesA partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells, of the Pliocene to Pleistocene epochs.

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    A game played with three dice, similar to Yahtzee.

cragnoun詞源 2/ˈkɹæɡ/

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    obsoletedialectalThe neck or throat.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。